Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 296921)
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fixed length control field | 01865nam a22001577a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780198803492 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 660.6 DAV-S |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Jamie A. Davies |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xviii, 126 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Biology: from analysis to synthesis -- How synthetic biology is done -- Synthetic biology and the environment -- Synthetic biology and healthcare -- Synthetic biology for engineering -- Synthetic biology for basic research -- Creating life -- Cultural impact. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | "Synthetic biology is one of the 21st century's fastest growing fields of research, as important for technology as for basic science. Building on traditional genetic engineering, which was restricted to changing one or two genes, synthetic biology uses multi-gene modules and pathways to make very significant changes to what cells can do. Synthetic biologists aim to have an impact in fields as diverse as drug manufacture, biofuel production, tackling pollution, and medical diagnostics. Further ahead, synthetic biology may even make possible the long-standing goal of creating new life from non-living starting materials. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise explanation of what synthetic biology is, and how it is beginning to affect many fields of technology. Jamie Davies also discusses the considerable controversies surrounding synthetic biology, from questions over the assumption that engineering concepts can be applied to living systems easily, to scepticism over the claims for commercial promise, fears that the dangers of engineering life are worse than its benefits, and concerns over whether humans should be designing living systems at all." -- Publisher description. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Synthetic Biology. |
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Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 26/03/2019 | 2 | 660.6 DAV-S | DCB3584 | 03/03/2021 | 14/10/2020 | 26/03/2019 | Book |